On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Tony Mountifield <t...@softins.co.uk> wrote: > I haven't been able to find the answer online, and am not currently > able to conduct an experiment to find the answer... > > I understand that in a SIP call where G729 has been negotiated as the > preferred codec, a G.729 licence is not consumed until there is a need > to perform transcoding, e.g. play a non-g729 sound, or do voicemail, > or enter a Meetme, etc. > > What happens when a SIP call in progress needs a G.729 licence and > they are all in use already? Does the call fail, or go silent, or do a > re-INVITE to negotiate another codec? > > I'm interested in what happens on Asterisk 1.2 (for a legacy system), > and also whether it is any different on later versions. > The question depends if you are offering up other codecs or not. If you only using g729, the call will fail to establish because lack of codecs. If you offer a both g729 and ulaw, then ulaw will be used.
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